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Fannie Lou Hamer is quoted, perhaps more than any other female activist of her generation. And because of her compelling and heartfelt calls to action during the civil rights movement, she has become the subject of numerous books, plays and documentaries. Hamer was a motivator, a humanitarian, a luminary, and yet, among the many

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Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up | MPB

published:06 Oct 2017

Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up | MPB

Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up | MPB

published:06 Oct 2017

views:22379

Civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer is remembered by those who worked side by side with her in the struggle for voting rights. An African-American sharecropper from the Mississippi Delta, Hamer’s difficulty registering to vote in 1962 led to her career as an outspoken activist, congressional candidate, and fierce fighter for the rights of all.
Learn more at http://www.mpbonline.org...

Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up | MPB

published:06 Oct 2017

views:22379

Civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer is remembered by those who worked side by side with her in the struggle for voting rights. An African-American sharecropper from the Mississippi Delta, Hamer’s difficulty registering to vote in 1962 led to her career as an outspoken activist, congressional candidate, and fierce fighter for the rights of all.
Learn more at http://www.mpbonline.org...

Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony | Freedom Summer

published:23 Jun 2014

Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony | Freedom Summer

Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony | Freedom Summer

published:23 Jun 2014

views:144749

Former sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer\'s Congressional testimony is so powerful that President Johnson calls an impromptu press conference to get her off the air. But his plan backfires.
Watch \"Freedom Summer\" on American Experience PBS on June 24, 2014....

Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony | Freedom Summer

published:23 Jun 2014

views:144749

Former sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer\'s Congressional testimony is so powerful that President Johnson calls an impromptu press conference to get her off the air. But his plan backfires.
Watch \"Freedom Summer\" on American Experience PBS on June 24, 2014....

Interview with Fannie Lou Hamer (1968)

Audio of Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony

published:10 Jun 2010

Audio of Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony

Audio of Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony

published:10 Jun 2010

views:82133

Audio recording of Democratic National Convention, August 22, 1964, Credentials Committee - created at http://animoto.com
Her testimony was so powerful that Lyndon Baines Johnson called an impromptu press conference to preempt her. Although this includes photos, this is best experienced aurally....

Audio of Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony

published:10 Jun 2010

views:82133

Audio recording of Democratic National Convention, August 22, 1964, Credentials Committee - created at http://animoto.com
Her testimony was so powerful that Lyndon Baines Johnson called an impromptu press conference to preempt her. Although this includes photos, this is best experienced aurally....

Fannie Lou Hamer Was One Powerful Rights Leader

published:09 Feb 2018

Fannie Lou Hamer Was One Powerful Rights Leader

Fannie Lou Hamer Was One Powerful Rights Leader

published:09 Feb 2018

views:3175

Fannie Lou Hamer lived on the former plantation owned by Senator James Eastland a very conservative politician from Mississippi. He claimed the “residents” still on the plantation had a home for life. Fannie was one of my heroes as she spoke out. It took great courage. This is a clip from that story....

Fannie Lou Hamer Was One Powerful Rights Leader

published:09 Feb 2018

views:3175

Fannie Lou Hamer lived on the former plantation owned by Senator James Eastland a very conservative politician from Mississippi. He claimed the “residents” still on the plantation had a home for life. Fannie was one of my heroes as she spoke out. It took great courage. This is a clip from that story....

Fannie Lou Hamer Interview 1965

published:09 Jun 2018

Fannie Lou Hamer Interview 1965

Fannie Lou Hamer Interview 1965

published:09 Jun 2018

views:902

Colin Edwards interviews Fannie Lou Hamer on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, voting rights, human rights, and politics during an interview he taped during her visit to Berkeley. Mrs. Hamer also relates a vicious beating she received in a Winona, Mississippi, jail from two African American prisoners forced by officials. She discusses her admiration for the Deacons for Defense and her friendship with Malcolm X....

Fannie Lou Hamer Interview 1965

published:09 Jun 2018

views:902

Colin Edwards interviews Fannie Lou Hamer on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, voting rights, human rights, and politics during an interview he taped during her visit to Berkeley. Mrs. Hamer also relates a vicious beating she received in a Winona, Mississippi, jail from two African American prisoners forced by officials. She discusses her admiration for the Deacons for Defense and her friendship with Malcolm X....

Fannie Lou Hamer's speech at the 1964 DNC

Fannie Lou Hamer beaten by Mississippi police in 1963 for registering to vote

published:07 Oct 2016

Fannie Lou Hamer beaten by Mississippi police in 1963 for registering to vote

Fannie Lou Hamer beaten by Mississippi police in 1963 for registering to vote

published:07 Oct 2016

views:4951

On June 9, 1963, Hamer was on her way back from Charleston, South Carolina with other activists from a literacy workshop. Stopping in Winona, Mississippi, the group was arrested on a false charge and jailed. Once in jail, Hamer\'s colleagues were beaten by the police in the booking room. Hamer was then taken to a cell where two inmates were ordered, by the police, to beat her using a blackjack. The police ensured she was held down during the almost fatal beating, and beat her further when she started to scream.
Released on June 12, she needed more than a month to recover. Though the incident had profound physical and psychological effects, Hamer returned to Mississippi to organize voter registration drives.
This video describes her harrowing experience in her own words.
Fannie Lou Hamer (October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977) was an American voting rights activist, civil rights leader, and philanthropist. She was instrumental in organizing Mississippi\'s Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and later became the vice-chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Don\'t let Fannie\'s suffering be in vain. Exercise your right to vote:
http://registertovote.com
http://rockthevote.com...

Fannie Lou Hamer beaten by Mississippi police in 1963 for registering to vote

published:07 Oct 2016

views:4951

On June 9, 1963, Hamer was on her way back from Charleston, South Carolina with other activists from a literacy workshop. Stopping in Winona, Mississippi, the group was arrested on a false charge and jailed. Once in jail, Hamer\'s colleagues were beaten by the police in the booking room. Hamer was then taken to a cell where two inmates were ordered, by the police, to beat her using a blackjack. The police ensured she was held down during the almost fatal beating, and beat her further when she started to scream.
Released on June 12, she needed more than a month to recover. Though the incident had profound physical and psychological effects, Hamer returned to Mississippi to organize voter registration drives.
This video describes her harrowing experience in her own words.
Fannie Lou Hamer (October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977) was an American voting rights activist, civil rights leader, and philanthropist. She was instrumental in organizing Mississippi\'s Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and later became the vice-chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Don\'t let Fannie\'s suffering be in vain. Exercise your right to vote:
http://registertovote.com
http://rockthevote.com...

Fannie Lou Hamer Speaks! 1965 Pacifica Radio Interview

Civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer is remembered by those who worked side by side with her in the struggle for voting rights. An African-American sharecropper from the Mississippi Delta, Hamer’s difficulty registering to vote in 1962 led to her career as an outspoken activist, congressional candid

Former sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer\'s Congressional testimony is so powerful that President Johnson calls an impromptu press conference to get her off the air. But his plan backfires.
Watch \"Freedom Summer\" on American Experience PBS on June 24, 2014.

Audio recording of Democratic National Convention, August 22, 1964, Credentials Committee - created at http://animoto.com
Her testimony was so powerful that Lyndon Baines Johnson called an impromptu press conference to preempt her. Although this includes photos, this is best experienced aurally.

Fannie Lou Hamer lived on the former plantation owned by Senator James Eastland a very conservative politician from Mississippi. He claimed the “residents” still on the plantation had a home for life. Fannie was one of my heroes as she spoke out. It took great courage. This is a clip from that story

Colin Edwards interviews Fannie Lou Hamer on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, voting rights, human rights, and politics during an interview he taped during her visit to Berkeley. Mrs. Hamer also relates a vicious beating she received in a Winona, Mississippi, jail from two African American

On June 9, 1963, Hamer was on her way back from Charleston, South Carolina with other activists from a literacy workshop. Stopping in Winona, Mississippi, the group was arrested on a false charge and jailed. Once in jail, Hamer\'s colleagues were beaten by the police in the booking room. Hamer was th